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Secret North Korea Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Base Uncovered-Can Strike US
Secret North Korea Base Uncovered Which Can Strike US With Nuclear Ballistic Missiles
A study by a North Korean watchdog has found a new military base tucked away on the Chinese border could launch a missile to hit the United States
MailOnline 22 AUG 2025
Kim Jong-un recently called for an expansion of North Koreas nuclear program
A secret military base has popped up on North Koreas border with China which could harbour its world ending ballistic missiles.
The base, which is in North Pyongan Province, is 17 miles from the Chinese border. The existence of the structure was exposed by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in a paper published on Wednesday.
Its thought the covert site was built in 2004, but was used as an operational military site around 10 years later. Using a mix of satellite imagery and declassified documents, CSIS was able to expose the site as a military base, which is thought to harbour six to nine warhead-wielding ICBMs.
The site, which is around the size of JFK airport in New York, could also hold launchers and the trucks that have been adapted to transport them. Analysts have warned the site is especially dangerous because there are no launch pads or air defence systems.
They believe this means the site contains solid fuel ICBMs which can be launched far more quickly than their counterparts. It means they're difficult to detect and even harder to carry out a pre emptive strike.
The CSIS has gone so far to say the weapons pose a potential nuclear threat to East Asia and the continental United States There are at least 15 undeclared missile sites across the country, according to reports, including missile bases and warhead depots. CSIS analysts say this is the first confirmation of the site in Sinpung dong.
Current estimates suggest North Korea has an arsenal of 50 nuclear warheads and enough material to build 50 more. The fear is that this base could deploy the warheads to other parts of the country from where they would be fired.
Kim Jong un instructing soldiers at a firing contest
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